Voted Best Dinner Restaurant on Pleasure Island and Most Romantic Date Spot in Wilmington, Freddie's Restaurant has been serving some of the best authentic Italian cuisine in the area since 1995. This is the real deal — their marinara sauce simmers for eight hours and their delicately layered lasagna melts in your mouth. Aside from the Italian standards, Freddie's is also known for its flame-grilled pork chops. Freddie's Special Chop is a huge center-cut chop smothered with cherry peppers and finished with a balsamic sauce, and the Apple/Walnut Chop is covered with sauteed apples and walnuts in an Amaretto-flavored sauce. Seafood is in abundance here with Shrimp Fra Diavlo and Zuppa de Pesce, Freddie's special recipe of fresh vegetables, grouper, shrimp, scallops and chopped clams simmered together in a hearty marinara sauce and served over linguine. Freddie's also has a variety of steaks and veal dishes on the menu. Just steps away from the Kure Beach Pier, Freddie's is perfect for a special date or a family dinner.